Seal of Sergios, patrikiosshow empty fields
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    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    Matrix
    SigiDoc ID: m-Ptb740

    Physical description

    Medium
    Original impression
    Material
    Lead
    Shape
    Round
    Dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 24
    Weight (g)
    Channel orientation (clock)
    Axis (clock)
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    Condition
    Heavily worn on the on the reverse; chipped at the channel openings.

    Dating

    Date
    6th C., second half - 7th C., beginning
    Internal date
    Dating criteria
    Epigraphy, Titulature
    Alternative date

    History

    Category
    Dignitaries
    Issuer
    Sergios
    Milieu: Aristocracy
    Gender: Male
    Place of origin
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    Modern location
    Paris (France)
    Institution and repository
    Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Département des Monnaies, médailles et antiques
    Collection and inventory
    Henri Seyrig Collection 723
    Acquisition

    Donation by Henri Seyrig.

    Previous locations

    Purchased in Beirut.

    Modern observations

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    Greek in Latin script
    Layout of field
    Legend of 2 lines.
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Wreath border.
    Epigraphy

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Monogram formed by a π and a τ topped by an υ on the left and a ρ on the right. In the centre of the π an , and a κ on the right hand side.
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Wretah border.
    Epigraphy

    Images

    Seyrig 44 (Inv. 723), obverse.
    Seyrig 44 (Inv. 723), reverse.

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    1Ser-
    2giu
    rev
    3(πατρικίου)

    Diplomatic

    obv
    1SER
    2I
    rev
    3π-τ-υ-ρ--κ

    Apparatus

    None.

    Legend and translation

    Sergiu / πατρικίου.

    (Seal of) Sergios, patrikios.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, Cheynet, Morrisson, Seibt, coll. Seyrig, 1991, 44.
    Parallel(s)
    No parallels known
    Further references
    No further references

    Footnotes